<html><head><base href="x-msg://57/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">MODIS Level 2 aerosol products are not on a regular grid, so grads is maybe not the right tool. Another source for visualizing MODIS data is:<div><a href="http://gdata1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/G3/gui.cgi?instance_id=MODIS_DAILY_L3">http://gdata1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/G3/gui.cgi?instance_id=MODIS_DAILY_L3</a></div><div><a href="http://gdata1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/G3/gui.cgi?instance_id=MODIS_MONTHLY_L3">http://gdata1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/G3/gui.cgi?instance_id=MODIS_MONTHLY_L3</a></div><div><br></div><div>Pete<br><div><br><div><div>On Aug 29, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Huddleston, John wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div ocsi="x"><div style="font-family: Tahoma; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><a></a><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Gandham</font>,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Two questions:</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">1) aqua or terra;</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">2) why level 2 and not level3<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="ftp://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/">ftp://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/</a> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">John Huddleston, PhD</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">here is a level 3 example for aqua</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><a></a>dset MYD08_D3.A2006365.051.2009076233241.pscs_000500363256.hdf<a></a><br>dtype<a></a> hdfsds<a></a><br>title Optical_Depth<a></a><br>unpack scale_factor<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>add_offset<a></a><br>undef<a></a> -9999 _FillValue<a></a><br>options yrev<a></a><br>xdef<a></a> 360 linear -179.5 1.0<br>ydef<a></a> 180 linear -89.5 1.0<br>zdef<a></a> 1 levels 1000.0<br>tdef<a></a> 1 linear 00:00Z31dec2006<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1dy<a></a><br>vars<a></a> 18<br>Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_QA_Mean<a></a>=>odmoqm<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 7,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_And_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>odrslom<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_And_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_QA_Mean<a></a>=>odrsoqm<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_Mean<a></a>=>odrslm<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a>=>codlqm1<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a>=>codlqm2<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a>=>codlqm3<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>3 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>odrsom<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_Mean<a></a>=>odmom<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 7,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_QA_Mean<a></a>=>odrslqm<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_QA_Mean<a></a><br>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>eodaom1<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>eodaom2<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 2,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>eodaom3<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 3,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean_Mean<a></a>=>odlom<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a>=>codlm1<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a>=>codlm2<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a><br>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a>=>codlm3<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>3 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean<a></a><br>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_QA_Mean<a></a>=>eodaoqm7<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>7 1,y,x<a></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_QA_Mean<a></a><br>endvars<a></a></div><div id="divRpF144784" style="direction: ltr; "><hr tabindex="-1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of harikishan gandham [harimet@gmail.com]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:52 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[gradsusr] modis level 2<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">dear grads users,<div><br></div><div>i am trying to open Modis level -2 data in grads (aerosols). that HDF file cannot opened in the grads. i request please any body solve this. please give me gs script to open this.<div class="im"><br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>G.Harikishan<br>Junior Research fellow<br>PMA Division<br>IITM<br>PUNE<br><br><br></div></div></div><br><br></div></div><span><ATT00001..txt></span></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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